The joy of the rural journey: Rural practice has it all – patients, friends, teams, the outdoors

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The joy of the rural journey: Rural practice has it all – patients, friends, teams, the outdoors

Fiona Bolden
Raglan Harbour NZD
Rural practitioners live in some of the most beautiful places in the world, like Raglan Harbour (pictured) [Image: NZD]

Rural health practitioners are a critically sparse workforce and their services underfunded, writes Fiona Bolden. But here is why it is also a wonderful way of life

Our individual journeys shape our destination. For rural health providers, that journey can be varied: hard work, lonely, and not always as rewarding